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FBI headquarters building in Washington DC at dusk with Fulton County official ballot boxes in foreground

FBI Orders All Field Offices to Surge 260 Analysts Into Fulton County Election Probe

The FBI has ordered every field office in the country to immediately contribute intelligence…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 2

Former CIA Director John Brennan in a dark suit walking past the columned facade of a Washington DC federal courthouse

John Brennan Sues the DOJ Before It Can Indict Him, Turning Trump’s Retribution Machine Into Evidence

Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Justice Department, the White House, and Acting…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 2

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Offers the Trump Administration a 5% Stake, Turning the Regulator Into a Shareholder

OpenAI has proposed handing the United States government a 5% stake in the company,…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 2

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America Turns 250 This Weekend, and the Fight Over Who Gets to Throw the Party Says Everything

The United States celebrates its 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, and instead of…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 2

President Donald Trump stands in an Oval Office setting beside a desk piled with gold coins, a wall screen behind him showing a crypto price chart spiking green then crashing red

Crypto Windfall Tops $2 Billion for Trump While His Own Regulators Write the Rules

Donald Trump’s newest financial disclosure, filed this week, shows cryptocurrency has become the single…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 1

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The Supreme Court Just Blew Open the Floodgates on Political Party Spending

The Supreme Court handed the Republican Party a massive tactical advantage on Tuesday, striking…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 1

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Supreme Court Upholds Transgender Athlete Bans in a 6-3 Ruling That Redefines Sex Under Title IX

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can bar transgender girls and women from…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 30

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The Supreme Court Just Told Trump He Cannot Rewrite the 14th Amendment by Executive Order

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 30

Rescue workers in orange vests searching through rubble of a collapsed multi-story hotel in a coastal city after a major earthquake

More Than 100 Venezuelans Deported From the U.S. Are Dead or Missing After Twin Earthquakes Collapsed Their Hotel

A deportation flight carrying 146 Venezuelans landed in Caracas on June 24, and within…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 30

A glowing cyan geofence ring drawn over a dark digital city map, dozens of location pins inside it representing tracked phones, with a single smartphone showing a location pin and a lock icon in the foreground

The Supreme Court Just Told Police They Can’t Vacuum Up Your Phone’s Location Without a Warrant

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Sunday that law enforcement must obtain a warrant…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 29

The United States Supreme Court building in Washington under a dark, breaking storm sky as people climb the marble steps

The Slaughter Ruling Hands Trump Control of Nearly Every Independent Agency, Except the Fed

The Supreme Court spent ninety-one years letting Congress build regulators a president could not…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 29

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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Appeal of E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Verdict, $5 Million Judgment Stands

The Supreme Court on Sunday refused to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of the $5…

By Mark Masterson · Jun 29

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A USPS mail tray filled with absentee ballot envelopes on a table in front of the United States Supreme Court building at sunset

The Supreme Court Saved Mail-Ballot Grace Periods 5-4, and the RNC’s Own Textualism Did the Work

A quiet Michigan family home at dusk with a police vehicle parked in the driveway

Pete Buttigieg Says False CPS Report Separated Him From His Children in ‘Politically Motivated Hoax’

A nearly empty National Mall fairground with an idle Ferris wheel, muddy grass, and closed vendor tents under an overcast sky, the Washington Monument hazy in the distance

Trump’s Great American State Fair Is a Great American Flop

Oil tankers silhouetted in the Strait of Hormuz at dusk with military aircraft contrails overhead

US Strikes Iran After Drone Attack on Cargo Ship Tests Week-Old Ceasefire

A gavel resting on student loan documents and university textbooks in a law library

Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Cap Graduate Student Loans for Nurses and Therapists

The United States Supreme Court west facade lit by late golden light under dark storm clouds, the Equal Justice Under Law pediment inscription visible above the columns

Supreme Court Hands Trump Unreviewable Power Over TPS, Clearing Removal of 350,000 Haitians and Syrians

Aerial view of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool filled with green algae-covered water

Trump Claims Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. Experts Say the $14.7 Million Renovation Did That Itself.

Empty United States Senate chamber with American flag, moody amber lighting

Senate Republicans Reverse Course on Iran War Powers After Trump’s Closed-Door Shouting Match

Voters lined up outside a New York City polling station with American flags and brownstone buildings

Mamdani’s Candidates Sweep New York Primaries in a Direct Rebuke to Democratic Leadership

Aerial view of the Pentagon building at dusk with military aircraft silhouettes in the sky

The Pentagon Wants $80 Billion for the Iran War, Nearly Triple Its Original Estimate

Suburban American neighborhood with single-family homes and a sold sign on a tree-lined street at golden hour

Congress Passes Landmark Housing Bill That Bans Private Equity From Buying Single-Family Homes

Judges gavel on grocery store checkout belt surrounded by candy and fresh produce

Federal Judge Blocks SNAP Junk Food Restrictions, Dealing a Major Blow to the MAHA Movement

Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, holding his glasses while seated at a microphone during a congressional hearing

Alan Greenspan, the ‘Maestro’ Who Made the Fed Chair the Most Powerful Job in Washington, Dies at 100

Massive nighttime political rally in Colombian city plaza with crowds waving Colombian flags and confetti filling the air

Colombia Elects ‘El Tigre’ in a Razor-Thin Runoff That Redraws Latin America’s Political Map

Strips of blue paint float on the green algae-clouded water of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, with the Washington Monument reflected in the distance

$14.6 Million Blue Reflecting Pool Turned Green in a Week and Paint Coming Peeling

Three crude oil supertankers sailing single file through the narrow Strait of Hormuz at golden hour with naval patrol vessels and rugged coastlines

Three Saudi Tankers Cross a Reopened Hormuz, the First Real Test of the Trump-Pezeshkian Truce

U.S. Capitol building at dusk with scattered papers on a table and empty podium with microphones in the foreground under dark storm clouds

Trump Torpedoes His Own Intel Chief Nomination in Bizarre FISA Standoff

Oil-painting-style portrait of Hillary Clinton in a dark blazer and pearl necklace, looking thoughtful against a dark background

Hillary Clinton Calls Biden’s 2024 Run a ‘Terrible Mistake’ and Says Almost Any Democrat Would Have Beaten Trump [Watch Full Interview]